Beard Shadow covers

[Chrissy64_uk]

Questions! What type of beard cover do you use to cover the five o'clock shadow? What do you think of it? Dose it do its job? Where did you buy it from and how much was the product.


hugs

chrissy..:cool:

[Sarah Hughes]

I use max factor, had a makeover somewhile ago and the lady poo-poo'd the idea of using heavy cover like dermablend and their like. She showed me a method:
Close shave, moisturise, let it dry for a few mins.
Liquid foundation only on the troublesome beard/tache area, blend the edges well, let it dry......
Then powder foundation(in this case max factor face finity) over the facial area, eyes and everywhere. This seals the beard cover and gives a blemish free look. Dust off any excess with a broad foundation type brush.
Then do eyes etc.
Works for me. Lasts for many hours and appears to look better as the night goes on, or is that in direct proportion to the alcohol intake?
You do need to get the right shades for your skin, just tell the Boots girl what you want, or trial and error, cant go too far wrong with neutral mid shades anyway.
Sarah

[rachelb]

KRYOLAN TV PAINT STICK available from Charles Fox of Covent Garden. Hundreds of shades to choose from (that is the problem) Please note that the 'TV' stands for 'Television' ;)

[jackiejones]

If you are scared about telling them you are a TV at the Makeup place tell them that you are a broadcaster and you need to find a shade of foundation to match your skin.

But Boots Manchester and the Max counter places are TV freindly so they wont have a problem and wont even ask you why you want it so dont worry!

I have used the derma blend and sometimes the TV paint stick,with theatrical blending powder.Rather than pay a lot if you just want the stick and the powder its the cheapest option.

There is a place in Manchester that sells it called Wigs up North(it supplies the theater community,but they are used to TVs so dont worry. and they have a website to mail order. http://www.wigsupnorth.co.uk/

I have not tried the Max makeup but i must try that sometime.

One tip from me is if you ad some Pink or Red to your makeup one the beard area it tricks the Eye and hides the shadow.

[niki1964]

hi , i normally use derma-blend after a close shave. There's quite a few shades to suit your skin type. There is a setting powder which is put on top of the cream, it lasts until you wash it off with soap. It's not cheap but it does the job for me, the creams 13quid and the powder is about the same. There is chemist on wood street, st anns that sells it. If you go on the website it tells you about it and where they stock it. I saw it first on qvc a few years ago.

[jackiejones]

Its good stuff the Derma and the TV paint Stick but i hate how it is greasy and if your not carefull your nice white collars and clothes can eand up Orange like the Dukes face!:D

I must get some lessons of Niki and and try that Max method.Do you have dark hair Niki? i always envy people with fair hair as it is so much easyer to hide the Shadow.When you are dark haired like me its more like nightime than a shadow:D

[Petra Susan]

Hello All,

To be honest I've given up trying to cover up any shadow as I have found all methods to be either a waste of time, take too much time or look way too horrible in the long run. I'm pretty lucky in that most of my beard is quite fair and grey, which means it needs removing by electroylisis rather than laser, which is a pain in the neck, or rather face.

I also suffer from a problem nose, which means I'm constantly having to wipe my nose and do a lot of sneezing, so I end up wiping most of the foundation, concealer and powder off within about 30 minutes of applying it on my top lip. All I put on these days is a tinted moisturiser which takes about 1 minute to put on in the morning, and then touch up around midday.

Janine

[sylvia]

I am not so experienced, and have so far just used foundation, with the same concealer which I use for under eye dark ring. All are cheap bought from Val on Preston market, and she helped match to my skin. When I told her it was for me, (I was in drab) she remarked she had gathered that.

I saw a recommendation to use a cheap, pale orange lipstick on affected area (muzzle especially) and I tried this on my trip out with Janine. I confined it to upper lip area and sdes of jaw, using the much lighter concealer on jawbone area, to give some "face -shaping " effect. Janine did say, when we met , and I asked, that she did not think I could have improved on it much. Later, on the drive back, we discussed this very subject, and I mentioned Dermablend, which I have used in the past.

Nowadays, age makes it easier, owing to weaker growth (less of the dreaded testesterone!) and change from nearly black to nearly white.

On the whole, I prefer to use the products used by wommen, and shopped for as they do. This would, to me , be a good reason to avoid dermablend.

[Becky Richards]

Jodie at The Boudoir in London was the first to show me what to do. She uses the TV paint stick with translucent powder to set it. I find no.4 is about right for me with no.5 for contouring. As mentioned above, I also use a red base just sround the greyest areas before starting the paint stick layer.
I am not completely happy with it. It does feel 'heavy' and bright lights, such as those in some shops, can really make it look as heavy as it feels. But it is sufficiently satisfactory not to encourage me to look for alternatives.
Is there a better way short of IPL or electrolysis ?

[Petra Susan]

Hello,

I know a girl that has part of her face waxed, and keeps her clear for about 3-4 weeks, and she does look very good for a time without any makeup. I've not tried it so obviously can't comment, but I have thought about having it done also, but not sure if I could bear the pain, and the results can be variable so I'm told and give you a very red face for a day or so.

Janine

[Linzi]

Hello,

I know a girl that has part of her face waxed, and keeps her clear for about 3-4 weeks, and she does look very good for a time without any makeup. I've not tried it so obviously can't comment, but I have thought about having it done also, but not sure if I could bear the pain, and the results can be variable so I'm told and give you a very red face for a day or so.

Janine

I would steer well clear of that process!...... :eek: The downside to waxing and epilation is in-growing hairs, owing to the angle of the folicles being disrupted through the removal process. Facial hair is not of the 'Vellus' type and male facial hair is deep rooted to which in the likely event of hairs growing inward, removal of these will be very difficult.

[Petra Susan]

Thank you Linzi.

I briefly thought about it then thought the better of it, not because of the reasons you state, but they very valid ones as to further put one off.

I've started Electrolysis to get rid of the coarse grey hairs that the laser can't get at on my upper lip and chin.

Janine

[niki1964]

hi, i have got dark hair jackie, i have one wig which a dark colour with tints in. In male mode i also have dark hair. I've never tried waxing although i believe it's painful, i would guess round the bikini line! Ouch. Waxing the face to me is potty, i know some girls wax there eye brows. I use a beard trimmer set on a small setting before they get to dennis healy length!!!!

[Petra Susan]

Hello Niki,

I get my eye brows waxed, and it is a fallicy that it is painful. Also waxing other parts of the body isn't as painful as it's made out to be. When they show it on t.v. it's usually wimpy males doing it for some charity event, so act it up a lot, and the girls have probably been instructed to do it wrongly to make it more painful.

I've had full body waxes in the past and it's a very pleasurable experience, with the warm wax being spread over your body and especially afterwards when you have that wonderful smooth feeling. The bikini isn't the most sensative, I feel the most sensative area is under the arms and groin and the bum crack. Even when on hormones, running over the chest and nipples, even though sensative to the touch were not painful to have waxed or epilated.

I love my Braun Epilator, is a wonderful painless way to remove all those unwanted baody hairs, on my body and limbs. Haven't used it under the arms, facial or scrotal area which is a definate no-no, I leave that to the waxing professional.

You can get special small trimmers for doing little sensative and precise areas such as the brows.


Janine

[rachelb]

I love my Braun Epilator, is a wonderful painless way to remove all those unwanted baody hairs, on my body and limbs.
Janine

I wouldn't quite agree on that Janine, not for me anyway, it does make my eyes water at times :eek: :eek: Thats arms and legs , the chest area, a bit more, and I always use the machine on that area a couple of days before 'display' time, just to let the skin settle down. (Oh by the way, next 'display' time is next Tuesday, inspections welcome ;) )

[jackiejones]

hi, i have got dark hair jackie, i have one wig which a dark colour with tints in. In male mode i also have dark hair. I've never tried waxing although i believe it's painful, i would guess round the bikini line! Ouch. Waxing the face to me is potty, i know some girls wax there eye brows. I use a beard trimmer set on a small setting before they get to dennis healy length!!!!


Thanks for the answer hun,if it was not for other bills i would be investing in a course of Laser treatment before it goes Grey.

[niki1964]

Hi jackie, i'm just a bit confused 'that's not hard!!. I've never tried the max method of beard cover, although i would give it a try if its better. I also find after putting derma on if i use a powder it softens the jaw line.

[jackiejones]

I am sorry hun i Got you confused with Sarah:o yes you need the powder for it to work.

My appologies to both you and Sarah.